Ever since he was born, Spencer Reid was not an ordinary child. He was sweet and kind, and everyone knew he was extraordinarily smart, but one thing that no one knew was just how desperately he wanted a friend.

Aaron Hotchner is a man of routine and he isn't going to let a little thing like being dead disrupt that routine. Otherwise known as: The story where the zombie apocalypse happens, and nothing really changes. [Part 23 of The Criminal Minds Alphabet Crossover]

The BAU must go to Las Vegas and stop a brutal killer. They have one witness, a young man covered in blood, found at the scene. This is AU and set at the beginning of the fourth season of CM. This is my interpretation of the dynamics of the BAU without Dr. Reid and what his life might be like if he'd never joined the FBI. ***Winner of Best AU story 2015 Profiler's Choice Awards***

Spencer Reid is scrawny, awkward and most importantly, he's not a wolf. Hotch thinks it's a bad idea to bring him into their team, but Gideon is determined and when Gideon gets this smug, he usually gets his way. He's never been quite so glad to be proven wrong. [Nominated for the 2015 Profiler's Choice Awards - Best One-shot]

A season 4 au where Hal is near fatally injured in the attack instead of Maggie, and so Hal gets the spikes instead of Maggie. This fic explores how Ben and Hal's relationship with each other change, as well as their relationships with the rest of their family and everyone else. (Shoutout to tumblr user sartielifts for the au idea tbh)

They all knew why Spencer was able to understand, able to communicate with Sammy. It was never spoken about, much like the reason why Reid could understand addiction so well and recite the 9 steps of recovery. They all knew though, and Spencer was aware they knew too. He was embarrassed, a bit ashamed, but also incredibly thankful. Oneshot! Autistic!Reid

Despite Reid's continual effort to dissuade his brain from thinking about what Agent Gideon said, he was beginning to agree that Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid did have a nice ring to it. A one-shot about how Gideon recruited Reid into the FBI. WARNING: Mentions rape and murder but nothing graphic.

The skinny young man looked up apprehensively at the beloved cabin. Jason Gideon, senior agent, BAU profiler, and his mentor, father-figure, and friend, had been missing for three days now. And, as frightened as he might be to know the truth, SSA Dr. Spencer Reid knew that he had to find out . . . (Oneshot)

AU: Spencer Reid joins the BAU when he's 19. Everyone is around the age they are in the show. Starts from the first meeting. How will young Reid take the pressures and dangers of being in the FBI. Everything about everyone's background is still the same. Disclaimer: I don't own anything. ONE SHOT

David Rossi, esteemed author and legendary Profiler has returned to the BAU. However all his skills fail to help him understand the youngest of his new colleagues, Dr Reid. In despiration he reaches out to Derek Morgan, can he help Dave understand the obsessional Genius? Written for nebula2. Views appreciated. Voted 'Best Rossi/Morgan' 2013 Profilers' Choice Awards.

The official story was that Spencer Reid happened into a profiling lecture at Caltech University. That he'd seen Jason Gideon give a lecture and asked so many questions that Gideon had finally given him a business card and told him to call. That the beginning had been innocent, curious, and perfectly Reid-like. The official story was not even close to true.

A conversation between Gideon and Garcia in her lair. Gideon/Garcia (the first of it's kind!) and a hint of Elle/Reid. Written for Challenge King. Mild spoilers for Blood Hungry and What Fresh Hell? Rated for slight implication of sex.

I struggle and emerge-There's a secret in Spencer's past. A secret that no one on the team but Gideon knows. What's going to happen when Spencer's past comes back to haunt him? What is he going to do and how is he going to survive? When he's faced once again with the horror of his past, this time he's afraid he may not walk away. This time, his luck might finally have run out. AU!

AU - David Rossi goes to Emerson Sanatorium just outside DC to interview a schizophrenic patient Spencer Reid institutionalised after the brutal murder of his parents years ago and for which he's still is the main suspect. Upon meeting the young man, Rossi realises all is not what it seems. NOT SLASH COMPLETE

Reid wants to make cookies for JJ to wish her luck with her baby. He goes to Rossi for help. Things go very wrong for the young genius. Well, it's the thought that counts, right? ONE-SHOT. Birthday fic for my awesome Twin!

"Jealous, Hudson?" "Of a wet-behind the ears kid who isn't technically old enough to be an agent? Not hardly. I give him a week before he quits." Dr. Spencer Reid is about to join the BAU, but not everyone is ready to accept him with open arms.

While harnessed, Ben had to have some thoughts and feelings on the inside, even if he didn't let them show on the outside. This works as a one shot, but if there is enough feed back, there could be more.

She was going to find them. She was going to find the people who hurt her child so badly and she was going to make them pay. Diana Reid discovers how much torment Spencer suffers at school from the worst prank of all. Rated M for some language.

Repost. In an AU where Reid never joined the team, a case sends them to Nevada where his mother is a victim. As the team befriends him and the profile comes together, the UnSub and a dark secret is closer than they think. FINISHED! Previously 230 reviews.

Spencer has been missing for 2 years, and when the BAU finds him, they find a broken and scared young man. And the worst of it, the man that took him is still out there. Some chapters rated M. Reidcentric NO SLASH set in season 2 Major Reid whumpage!

A/U. Reid gets amnesia, after a traumatic run-in with an UNSUB. He forgets who he is, and essentially, becomes a child again. It's up to the team to help him remember, and to look after him. But then he starts remembering again... R/R Plz!

AU, genderbender. Sarah Reid girl!Reid may have found the key to catching the unsub, but will she be able to help stop him? For the genderbender ficathon, prompt: girl!Reid/Morgan, being overprotective.

One Shot When Reid was eighteen he was forced to commit his mother to Benninton Sanitarium. Will her words, written in a moment of lucidity when he was child, free him from his guilt. No spoilers or pairings.

What can make you change everything you are and turn you into something you never thought you'd be? When someone is coming for one of your own, your whole team hurts, which the BAU painfully learns as an unsub seeks revenge in the deadliest way.

This is my entry for the "Dearly Departed" Challenge presented by the Chit Chat Author's Coroner. This story is about handling death from the Christian point of view. This story is dedicated to my friend's friend's daughter who recently passed away due to cancer at the age of 15. She is now at peace in Jesus presence because she was a Christian. Epilogue up now.